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grown for five years, and yon can ask any nursery¬ 
man how much that leaves in the soil. Yet this 
patch produced tomatoes which astonished all 
beholders and led to its being placed at once upon 
the market; and right here I would say that the 
flavor and appearance of this variety have been so fine 
with me that I have obtained double price for my 
tomatoes since I have been growing it. In the last 
ten years I have had the handling of the first stock 
of three new tomatoes, each one of which has seemed 
near perfection when originated; yet each has been 
much superior to its predecessor. I mention this 
only to show how the craft of “ assisting nature,” or 
gardening, is always progressing and gaining new 
interest in the mind of the gardener. There is a 
constant charm about it, that, once it takes possession 
of you, never lets go. 
If the full-sized, green and partly ripe tomatoes 
are picked off when there is danger of frost, and 
placed under the sash of the cold frame, or on the 
floor of the cellar, they will ripen gradually, and 
though not of very fine quality, may be had fresh 
almost until Christmas; they must, of course, be 
entirely green when picked, to consume so much time 
in ripening. 
If some plants of the golden or yellow varieties are 
planted, they will add greatly to the attractiveness 
of the dish when mingled with the red ones, served 
sliced in the ordinary manner. If you save your 
own seed, the earliest ripened specimens should be 
saved for that purpose, and should be of perfect 
shape and evenly ripened, with no core, crack or rot 
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